Fault In Romeo And Juliet

Whenever one is faced with misfortune, the common question that follows is, “How did this happen? Who is at fault?” The same thought process is true of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The play takes place in Verona where Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, have a love forbidden by their families’ rivalry. Juliet, and the spiritual leader of Verona called Friar Lawrence, make a plan to fake Juliet’s death. This would allow her to escape the feud and be with Romeo, who is banished from Verona for a fight involving his best friend Mercutio and a Capulet by the name of Tybalt. Romeo however, hears only that Juliet is dead, so he returns to Verona to see her one more time before ending his own life. Minutes after Romeo dies, Juliet wakes to find her lover, and takes her life as well. There were clearly many fragile variables in this plan, though if fault is placed, then Romeo, Tybalt, and the Montague and Capulet families themselves would carry the most blame.
Throughout the play, Romeo is known to make hasty and ill-planned decisions. One such conclusion would be Romeo deciding to kill himself in the Capulet mausoleum. While sitting beside the unconscious Juliet, he reveals his plans by declaring, “With worms that are thy
Though perhaps the largest obstacles can be attributed to Romeo himself, Tybalt, and the petty feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo’s lack of forethought contributed greatly to the two lovers’ ruin, specifically his suicide in the Capulet tomb. Along the same lines, Tybalt’s inflammatory character and behavior was at the root of Romeo’s banishment. No one inside the Montague/Capulet families can escape blame either, being the ones responsible for the unwavering and bloody feud. Had even one of these variables been different, the star-crossed lovers may have been able to avoid their dreadful